Here for the first time is an orderly presentation of the harmonic procedures to be found in music of the first half of the twentieth-century. The author examines the nature of intervals in various contexts, discusses the modes and other scales employed in modern music, describes the formation and uses of chords by thirds, by fourths, and by seconds, of added-note chords and polychords; he deals with different types of harmonic motion, with harmonic rhythm and dynamic sand ornamentation, with harmonic behavior in tonality, polytonality, atonality and serial composition.
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
ISBN: 9780393095395
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 539 g
Dimensions: 244 x 163 x 25 mm
I bought this book to improve my composition skills and am delighted with it. Each chapter deals with specific topics such as scales, modes, intervals etc., and has copious written examples, exercises and a wide... More
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